Word: dikes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...possible crack in the dike is in the cage, where John Griffin replaces All-Universe goalie Dan Mackesey. But Griffin has the best defensive line in the country playing in front of him, and he turned in his best performance to date against Hopkins, with 17 saves...
...Oklahoma: Altus Dam on the North Fork of the Red River needs a new dike...
...fact, both topics were probed exhaustively by various teams of reporters. Unfortunately, there were no tape recorders whirring in the Kennedy car when it went off Dike Bridge, resulting in the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne. The Johnson wealth, stemming mostly from a highly profitable Austin radio and TV station whose stock was held in Lady Bird's name, proved impossible to trace fully. The reporting on Teddy was far from protective; opinion polls show most Americans do not believe his story-and his chance of becoming President has been severely damaged. As for L.B.J., he was forced...
...former Premier and head of the newly formed Assembly for the Republic. At a preelection rally in Paris' cavernous Palais des Sports, 5,000 Chirac supporters cheered wildly as the Gaullist mayoralty candidate reiterated his two campaign pledges: "Only we can govern Paris! Only we can build a dike to contain the Socialist-Communist tide!" In the first of two rounds of nationwide municipal elections last week, Chirac won enough support virtually to assure his election as mayor. But outside the capital, he barely managed to keep his finger in the dike. Socialists and Communists, running on a combined...
Adding to Arizonans' ire is the fact that CAP is 30% funded and 25% completed. More than 44 miles of canals, river crossings and tunnels have been built; a $900,000 intake dike and a thermal-fired generating plant have also been erected. If work is stopped, 650 engineers and construction workers will be laid off. "That's a damn poor way to create jobs," complained Democratic Congressman Morris Udall, who was on somewhat shaky ground in making the statement; he had not had CAP in mind when he signed a letter with more than 70 other Congressmen...